Type | VIIC | |||||||||
| Ordered | 20 Jan 1941 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 30 Aug 1941 | Flender Werke AG, Lübeck (werk 305) | ||||||||
| Launched | 25 Jul 1942 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 17 Sep 1942 | Oblt. Rudolf Bahr | ||||||||
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| Career 4 patrols |
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| Successes | 2 ships sunk, total tonnage 13,045 GRT 2 warships sunk, total tonnage 2,560 tons | |||||||||
| Fate | Lost on 16 January 1944 probably to one of its own torpedoes in the approximate position 49N/18W. 51 dead (all hands lost). (Axel Niestlé, September 2003). | |||||||||
Previously recorded fate
- Sunk 17 Jan, 1944 in the North Atlantic south-west of Ireland, in position 49.39N, 20.10W, by depth charges from the British destroyer HMS Wanderer and the British frigate HMS Glenarm. (Dr. Axel Niestlé, 1998)
Notes. This attack was responsible for the sinking of U-377.
Wolfpack operations
U-305 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Stürmer (11 Mar 1943 - 20 Mar 1943)
Seewolf (21 Mar 1943 - 30 Mar 1943)
Mosel (19 May 1943 - 23 May 1943)
Leuthen (15 Sep 1943 - 24 Sep 1943)
Rossbach (25 Sep 1943 - 5 Oct 1943)
Borkum (18 Dec 1943 - 3 Jan 1944)
Borkum 1 (3 Jan 1944 - 13 Jan 1944)
Rügen (13 Jan 1944 - 16 Jan 1944)
Attacks on this boat
22 May 1943
An Avenger aircraft from USS Bogue (pilot Stewart E. Doty) attacked the boat in the morning causing damage and forcing the boat to dive and undergo repairs.
When the boat surfaced again at noon another Avenger, also from USS Bogue, (pilot Robert L. Stearns) was waiting for him and dropped four depth charges on the boat causing even more damage. The boat managed to escape and return to port.
(Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 336)1 recorded attack on this boat.
General notes on this boat
22 May 1943. On 22 May,1943 U-305 was attacked two times [1302hrs and 1521hrs] by American Avenger aircraft from USS Bogue. Due to some damages the boat had to return to base.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-305 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
U-boat Emblems
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